Bridle-blind



B. Q. DARE.

BRIDLE BLIND.

(No Model.)

No. 328,657. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

ATTORNEYS.

Nv PETENS, PhaloLimngnphor. Washington 04 C.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EFICE.

EMORY QUIGLEY DARE, OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

BRlDLE-BLIND.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 328,657, dated October 20, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, EMORY Q. DARR, of Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bridle-Blinds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to bridle-blinds, and has for its object to facilitate their manufacture and provide for a more secure and bet ter finished attachment of the winker-stays to the blinds and of the blinds to the cheek-straps of the bridle, and also to promote increased durability of the blinds over those otherwise constructed.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the blinds and in the mode of attaching them to the bridle cheek-straps, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a bridle with the blinds constructed and attached in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an inner face view of one of the blinds and a portion of the cheek-strap to which it is attached with the inner cover or facing of the blind partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the blind, taken on the line m m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4.- is an outer face View of a blind smaller in size and with its outer cover or facing applied in a different way and partly broken away.

Referring, first, to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the letter A indicates the blind or winker, which is attached to the cheek -strap B, the opposite cheek-straps being connected by a crownstrap, O, to which one end of the winker-stay strap D is buckled or attached in the usual way, said winker-strap branching off into the straps d d, which are attached at their lower ends to the opposite blinds or winkers A A, and may pass either inside or outside of the front strap, E, of the bridle; or the winker-stay straps may be attached to the strap E, instead of to the strap 0, if desired. Each blind A consists of an outer facing, a, and an inner facing, a, both preferably made of leather, and between these facings around the margin or top, bottom, and outer edges of the blind and as close as may be to the extreme edges of the blind is placed a wire, F, which has formed in it by suitable bends the loop G, which extends from the edge of the blind a suitable distance to have attached to it the end of the corresponding win ker-stay strap (1. For a square or rectangular blind the loop G will extend from the upper outward corner of the blind, as shown; but for blinds of oval or other shape the marginal wire F may be bent at any required place to project a loop, G, from the edge of the blind at the most advantageous position for attachment of the winker-stay, depending on the shape of the blinds and the style of bridle to which they are attached.

As best seen in Figs. 2 and 3, there is an outer row of stitching, H, around the blind uniting the facings a a outside of the wire F, and an inner row of stitching, I, uniting the facings inside of the wire F, both of said rows of stitching crossing the space between the ends of the loop G, and closing the facings a a firmly together at this point. The wire F thus is pocketed between the facings and parallel rows of stitching H I, excepting the projecting loop G, and cannot move out of place, and forms an effective and light edgestiffener to the blind, while affording a means of attachment for the winker-stay straps d d, which is more substantial than that secured by stitching the straps d (1 directly to the blinds, and also insures for the blind a neater and better finish, as the facings of the blind are not bulged out, as they would be by the attachment of the stay-straps (1 directly to them by stitching in the usual way. The space inclosed by the inner row of stitches at I provides a pocket in which is placed the metal stiffener-plate J, which thus is made smaller than usual, and is separated from the outer row or line, H, of stitches by the wire F; hence the plate J will not out its way through the stitching at any point, and the durability of the blind thereby is increased. The facings a a extend backward from the rear edge of the stiffenenplate J, so as to lie between the layers b I) of the cheek-strap B, and a line of stitches, K, is made through the blind-facings a a and the cheek-strap and across the back ends of the wire F, whereupon said ends are bent inward toward each other, as at f f, and outside of the line K of stitches, and when the extreme back row of stitches is made at L through the facings aa and the cheek-strap the attachment of the blind to the bridle is complete. It is obvious that the inbent ends 5 ff of the wire F, by locking behind the line of stitches K, re-enforce the attachment of the blind to the cheek-strap and make their connection more firm and substantial. As arranged in Figs. 2 and 3, the extreme unfinished edges of both the facings a a are exposed to view, as seen at a in Fig. 3, this blind being made with quite thick facings for heavy harness; but for lighter harness and when a cheaper blind is required the construction shown in Fig. 4 may be adopted, and wherein the outer facing, a, is to be made of oiled cloth or other suitable light cheap fabric having a proper finish on the outside, and in this case the facing a is bent or turned over for about onehalf an inch and pasted on itself, as at a and around the outside of the wire F, except the loop G, and the inside leather facing, a, then is pasted to the marginal portions of the facing a, so as to leave a pocket between the facings for the stiffeningplate J, and a row of stitches is made at M around the blind through the outer facing, to, its turned-down edge portion a and the inner facing, a, andjust inside of the marginal stiffening-wire F and between said wire and the plate J when the latter is put in place. The doubled-over smooth face of the outer facing, a, around the wire F gives a very nice finish to the edge of the blind.

At ff, in dotted lines in Fig. 4, are shown the straight ends of the wire F as they appear before they are turned in behind the row of stitches K in attaching the blind to the cheekstrap B, in the manner above described for the blind shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It is evident that the wire F, having the winker-stay attach ing-loop G, need not extend entirely around by machine before the stiffening-plate J is put in place, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bridle-blind made with a marginal stiffening-wire, F, provided with a projecting loop, G, to receive the winkenstay, and with a stiffening plate, J, pocketed between the facings of the blind and separated from the wire F by a row of stitches, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a bridle-blind, of the facings a a, the marginal wire F, placed between the facings and provided with a projecting loop, G, to receive the winkerstay, and said wire F having ends bent at ff behind the row of stitches K, by which it is attached to the cheek-strap B, substantially as herein [set forth. 3. A bridle-blind comprising an outer facing, a, a marginal stiffening-wire, F, having a projecting loop, G, to receive the winker-stay, and said facing a doubled around wire F, as at a, an inner facing, a, a stiffening-plate, J, pocketed between the faeings a a, and a row of stitches, M, between wire F and plate J,

VVi tnesses:

CHARLES W. Nnrennon, ISAAC M. KEITFL' 

